Margo is a brand of soap manufactured in
India. The soap has
margosa as its main ingredient. The soap was created and manufactured by the
Calcutta Chemical Company
The Calcutta Chemical Company was a pharmaceutical company established in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1916 by K.C. Das, B.N. Maitra, and R.N. Sen. Its founding was at the time of the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, where the spirit of ent ...
under the stewardship of its founder, K.C. Das, khogen Chandra Das and was launched in 1920. In 1988, the soap was among the top five-selling brands in India, with a market share of 8.9%. As of 2001, the brand was worth 75 crores and belonged to Henkel-SPIC. As of 2003, the brand was relaunching new products focused on the younger demographic, and had a market share of close to 2% of the premium-soaps segment in India. In 2011
Jyothy Laboratoriesacquired the rights to the brand following the acquisition of controlling stake in Henkel India.
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Products introduced in 1920
Indian soap brands
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